Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1280-1285 , 1 March 2010

Creation of a neovagina in Rokitansky patients with a pelvic kidney: comparison of long-term results of the modified Vecchietti and McIndoe techniques

Received 16 September 2008 ,Revised 24 November 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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 L.F. has nothing to disclose. G.F. has nothing to disclose. F.M. has nothing to disclose. E.R. has nothing to disclose. M.C. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04658-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.020

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Pages 1280-1285 , 1 March 2010

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